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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 55, P55

White Painted IV

bowl

Rim to base fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rounded, almost pointed rim. Round base. Fine to medium fabric. Decorated in matt red-brown paint. Solid paint on rim. On interior, thick horizontal wavy line below rim; two parallel vertical lines on body (not well preserved). On exterior, on upper body, three-line horizontal zig-zag above horizontal line. Below, on lower body and base, two parallel vertical lines to opposite side of vessel, meeting three parallel angled lines, as preserved. On other half of base crossing lines, possibly part of a larger motif. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, base, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Height - full: 50 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour interior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/6-6/6 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted